19 for 2019

Happy New Year!

I can’t believe it’s 2019 already. Like seriously, where did the year go? I feel like 2018 flew by.

Anywho, I’m a huge fan of Gretchen Rubin and her podcast Happier. Last year, she and her sister did a spin on New Year’s resolutions. You create a list of 19 things you want to accomplish in 2019. Instead of the typical arbitrary or massive goals, they had a mixture of large and small goals for the upcoming year.

I love this idea for a bunch of reasons.

• For those nagging tasks that you’ve been meaning to do for years, this creates an accountability avenue.
• This method employs SMART goals (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-based). SMART goals is something I teach and preach in my day job, so I love the overlap.
• The number matching makes my nerd brain happy.

I’m using this method for my 2019 resolutions, but you could totally apply it in a variety of ways. Maybe like 9 things to accomplish before your baby arrives, 12 things to do your senior year, 30 things to do before your 30th birthday. See. There a billion combinations.

Now, without further ado, my 19 for 2019:

1. See a dermatologist. Personal history + family history + new freckles = time for an appointment.
2. Finish the Little Mermaid cross stitch pattern I started when I was pregnant (!)
3. Complete our cross stitch family portrait. Drew gifted me the first edition of this book for my first Mother’s Day. I already have the patterns drawn and supplies purchased. Just need to stitch it.
4. Crochet the Doctor Who blanket pattern Drew got me for Christmas.
5. Clean out and organize the garage.
6. Build a new entertainment center.
7. Move all my hobby/craft/blog supplies to the office. They are currently scattered between the office and the overflowing spare room closet (which also has some of Drew’s stuff stored in it).
8. Read 52 books in 52 weeks. (I surprised myself by reading 39 in 2018!)
9. Fix the torn stripping on my car’s hatch. It’s one of those simple tasks that has been on my list for years….
10. Refinish the dining room table.
11. Go to FitCamp (my gym) 2 times a week.
12. Publish one blog post each week.
13. Get my thyroid checked. Again, family history + the recommendation of someone on my medical team.
14. Take Anderson on a mommy and me adventure once a month.
15. Plant (and keep alive!) something (well, not ‘something’ but a plant, probably a tree) in our backyard. It’s all grass back there, and Anderson gets so excited whenever he finds a leave from a neighbor’s yard. This kid needs a tree, y’all.
16. Date night with Drew once a month.
17. Read all of the unread books on my shelf. Note: If I’m not feeling a book once I start reading it, I’m allowed to quit it. Life’s too short to read books that you don’t enjoy.
18. Create a family yearbook. I’m loving the tutorials from Emily Ley and Young House Love. This has been on my to do list for years!
19. Read the entire Bible. A group of my girlfriends are doing this together using The Bible Recap podcast as our guide.

I haven’t decided if I’ll check back in with y’all mid-year or every quarter to update on how things are going, but I promise I won’t leave you hanging. And of course I’ll document my progress over on Instagram, so be sure you’re following.

Are you a New Year’s resolution kind of person? Think you’ll try out 19 for 2019? If you do, share them on social media and be sure to tag us and use the hashtag #NoshandNest2019